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* In the novel ''[[Jumper (novel)|Jumper]]'', the main character {{spoiler|drops a terrorist from the World Trade Center. He catches him before the man can die, but still...}} Brr...
* Early on in ''[[The Catcher in The Rye]]'', the main character Holden quips "This is my people shooting hat. I shoot people in this hat." This was a harmless bit of sarcasm for decades until the book became associated with John Lennon's assassin and John Hinckley, attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan, respectively.
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* While editing her Kiesha'Ra series, Author Amelia Atwater-Rhodes had a webcomic series called <nowiki>ihme*</nowiki> (Short for I Hate My Editor), which parodied the events of Kiesha'ra. It delved into possible alternative skylines, freely played with [[Flanderization]], and makes humorous events out of what would actually be traumatic and disastrous in the series' canon.
* ''[[Discworld]]''
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** It's not as horrible as Sir Terry's current condition, but descriptions of the lack of rain in ''[[
*** Um, [[A Million Is a Statistic|that one might become as horrible]] if it keeps up.
*** At least that one has a happy ending when Rincewind and the Librarian finally summon the rain. [[wikipedia:Queensland floods 2010-2011|Thousands of years worth all at once.]] Gets you coming and going, doesn't it?
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* In ''[[Grendel (novel)|Grendel]]'' by John Gardner, the work ends with the words, ''"Poor Grendel's had an accident. So may you all."'' Eleven years later, Gardner died in a motorcycle accident (days before his wedding, no less).
* One of [[Dorothy L. Sayers]]' [[Lord Peter Wimsey]] novels, written sometime in the early-to-mid 1930s, features a scene where a few of the characters discuss politics. The [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]] comes when one of them makes an approving offhand mention of Hitler doing "interesting social experiments" in Germany.
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* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'': In one of Bran's chapters in the first book, he remarks that "Theon Greyjoy had once commented that [[Dumb Muscle|Hodor did not know much]], but no one could doubt [[Verbal Tic Name|he knew his name]]." The line appears to just be using Theon's [[Jerkass|Jerkassery]] to launch a humorous tidbit from Old Nan that his real name isn't even Hodor, it's Walder. In the fifth book, {{spoiler|after Theon is tortured into insanity, he's forced to take on the name Reek. He can't even bear to think the name Theon until well into the novel, and doesn't say it aloud until his very last line.}}
{{quote|{{spoiler|Theon}}: [[Madness Mantra|You have to know your]] ''[[Madness Mantra|name.]]''}}
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